January 2011
1 post
The Sabine Women
Some fictions live
in history books:
who dare remove
“a fine illustration
of the character
of early Rome,” whether or not
rapacious bachelors
really put on
a show (the play’s
the thing) to dazzle
parents [howling
cheers through wine-
stained lips under Apollo’s
(O, god of truth, how
does your) light (not reveal
the treachery of cunning
men?) to singers,
dancers (offered a bride
to perform this...